God*s Will Is Best

Luke 18:19: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, that is, God.

We humans would greatly benefit if we could get just this one idea through our thick skulls -- God is good and we are not. If we can comprehend that, we will also know that everything He wills and everything He does and everything He wants us to do are also good and good for us!!

God wants what is best for humanity; He always has and He always will.

Where God is misrepresented, ignored or rejected, good is doused. And where good is doused, evil abounds.

Our human will is self-serving, short-sighted, unwise and sinful. It therefore leads to bad results. Sometimes it is a blessing that we don*t have the power to bring our desires to fruition.

God*s will is pure, unselfish, and all-knowing. And He has the power to accomplish it.

Deuteronomy 4:40: Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

Deuteronomy 5:16: Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Deuteronomy 5:33: Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

The phrase that it may go well with thee appears many times in the Bible in connection with obeying the Lord.

Psalm 106:12-15: speaking about the people of Israel: Then believed they his words; they sang his praise, They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.

Sometimes God gives us what we want and proves what we want is harmful. He also proves that He knows best and wants what is best.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Psalm 25:10: All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Micah 2:7: O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the Lord straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

When the Bible asks questions like this, it is implied that the answer is a resounding Yes!

Psalm 65:4: Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

There is no satisfaction for the human heart apart from a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

There are countless passages in the Bible that prove the idea that we are far better off to trust Him and obey Him. The old hymn says: Trust and obey, for there*s no other way to be happy in Jesus . . . but to trust and obey.

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God gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.

Psalm 47:4: He shall choose our inheritance for us.

Believer, if your inheritance be a lowly one you should be satisfied with your earthly portion; for you may rest assured that it is the fittest for you. Unerring wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition. A ship of large tonnage is to be brought up the river; now, in one part of the stream there is a sandbank; should some one ask, Why does the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and deviate so much from a straight line? His answer would be, Because I should not get my vessel into harbor at all if I did not keep to the deep channel. So, it may be, you would run aground and suffer shipwreck, if your divine Captain did not steer you into the depths of affliction where waves of trouble follow each other in quick succession. Some plants die if they have too much sunshine. It may be that you are planted where you get but little, you are put there by the loving Husbandman, because only in that situation will you bring forth fruit unto perfection. Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the one in which you are, divine love would have put you there. You are placed by God in the most suitable circumstances, and if you had the choosing of your lot, you would soon cry, Lord, choose my inheritance for me, for by my self-will I am pierced through with many sorrows. Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered all things for your good. Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God. Down busy self, and proud impatience, it is not for you to choose, but for the Lord of Love!

Trials must and will befall --
But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all;
This is happiness to me.

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